Ubuntu 14.10: Critical Advisory for USN-2494-1 on File Crash Issues

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February 4, 2015

file could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

file could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- file: Tool to determine file types

Details:

Francisco Alonso discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF

files. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to crash, resulting

in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3710)

Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF files.

An attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting

in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8116)

Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly limited recursion. An

attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in

a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8117)

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue Ubuntu crash file

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10:
  file                            1:5.19-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  file                            1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  file                            5.09-2ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  file                            5.03-5ubuntu1.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.